Summary:
- Hardwood floors enhance archviz renders by adding coziness and a homely vibe, as seen in the Chaos Gallery examples.
- Hardwood floors are timeless and elegant, with unique planks and natural tones that add beauty and character to spaces.
- Create realistic hardwood floor designs in V-Ray for 3ds Max by following a simple 10-step process, starting with the Material Editor.
- Adjust textures, tiling, and reflection settings to achieve a polished look, considering the variety of textures available to 3D artists.
- Explore additional resources and guides for high-quality 3D rendering textures and expert tutorials.
Want to make your archviz render stand out? Transform it with stunning hardwood textures using our simple 10-step guide in V-Ray for 3ds Max.
Adding a nice hardwood floor can really do the trick to add coziness and a homely vibe to your render.
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Why hardwood floors?
Hardwood floors have been popular for ages due to their timeless and elegant look that never goes out of style. They grab the eye as each hardwood plank is unique and has natural tones and variations in grain patterns that add beauty and character to a space.
Getting started
1. Open the Material Editor, create a new V-Ray material, and give it a name.
2. Assign a Diffuse texture map to the material
3. Assign a Bump texture map to the material.
4. Adjust the tiling of the hardwood floor based on how densely you want the wooden planks to be lined.
5. Use a Bump map to simulate tiny bumps on the floor surface.
6. Adjust the reflection of the floor to make it look polished.
7. Use an Output node to link the Bump map to the Reflect map slot of the VRayMtl.
8. Set the Output amount to 0,5.
9. Set the Reflection Glossiness to 0,7 to reduce the wet-floor effect.
10. Link an Output node to the Diffuse texture and adjust the Color Map Curve.
It is important to remember that 3D artists take textures from everywhere, and they tend to have a variety of tiling, bump, and gloss values. Keeping that in mind, in order to get a quality shader, you really have to think about the textures you are working with.
For a more comprehensive step-by-step guide, read through this help doc.
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